Dr. Undinevon Diemar

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Dr. Undine von Diemar's practice focuses on data protection matters involving international data transfers, incident response, global compliance projects, and internal investigations. Undine leads Jones Day's European Cybersecurity, Privacy & Data Protection Practice and regularly advises on data protection legal issues in M&A transactions and represents clients in proceedings before data protection authorities and courts. Undine has been selected as one of nine leading names for data protection in Germany by The Legal 500 where clients praise her as an "invaluable expert in data protection matters on national and global level" with "first-class work results."

Undine has strong experience in the IT sector, including negotiating high-profile technology transactions related to cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and supercomputer technologies. She also has experience advising on privacy issues related to the life science field.

Highlights of Undine's most recent work include: compliance projects: led more than 30 GDPR implementation projects for international clients, including ICANN, Cardinal Health, and Rosewood; incident response: leading response to cyberattacks and data breaches for international companies, including notifying authorities and contacts with intelligence services;
M&A: advised on privacy requirements in high-profile transactions (including SAP's acquisition of Gigya, Concur, and hybris); privacy litigation: represented ICANN in proceedings against registrars concerning the implementation of GDPR requirements; internal investigations: advised on privacy requirements in internal investigations, including handling information requests from foreign authorities and international organizations; and technology transactions: advised Cylance (cloud provider for artificial intelligence-based IT security products) on joint venture, customer and vendor agreements, and the related privacy framework.

Expérience

Essilor acquires Brille24Jones Day advised Essilor in the acquisition of 100 percent of Brille24 GmbH, one of the leading online retailers of optical products in Germany.

SAP acquires Qualtrics for $8 billionJones Day advised SAP in its $8 billion acquisition of Qualtrics International Inc., the global pioneer in the experience management software category.

OEConnection Holdings acquires Clifford Thames GroupJones Day advised OEConnection Holdings, LLC in connection with its acquisition of Clifford Thames Group, a leader in automotive data creation and management with operations in Europe, the U.S., India, and Australia.

Goldman Sachs and Highgate Hotels acquires K+K Hotels GroupJones Day advised a consortium led by Goldman Sachs and Highgate Hotels, a leading hospitality investment and management company, in its acquisition, acquisition financing, and debt restructuring of the K+K Hotels group, which owns a portfolio of ten boutique hotels located in London, Paris, Barcelona, Munich, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, and Bucharest.

NEP Group acquires Mediatec GroupJones Day advised NEP Group, Inc. in its acquisition of Mediatec Group, one of Europe’s largest corporations in delivering integrated technical solutions for event and television productions with activities across Europe (including Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the UK, and Spain).

June 30, 2016Recent Developments concerning Data in the EU: Publication by EMA of Commercially Confidential Information (Clinical Data) and New Rules for the International Transfer of Personal Data.

January 2016Internationaler Datentransfer unter der Datenschutzgrundverordnung - Was kommt da auf uns zu?" ("International Data Transfers under the General Data Protection Regulation - What we can expect to face then?") in the January issue of the magazine of the German Federal Association of Data Protection Officers (Berufsverband der Datenschutzbeauftragten Deutschlands - BvD)

August 2015Data protection challenges for telemedicine in the EU and US, eHealth law&policy

August 2015Data Protection Challenges for Telemedicine in the EU and US

August 2015eHealth Law & Policy Data protection challenges for telemedicine in the EU and US, eHealth Law & Policy

September 2014Datentransfer im Konzern - Bick auf die Entwicklungen in Europa und in den USA (Data transfer within a group of companies - With a view on developments in Europe and the US), BvD-News - Das Fachmagazin für den Datenschutz (BvD-News - Journal on data protection)

July 1, 2016Recent Developments Concerning Privacy in the EU: How to Prepare for the Upcoming General Data Protection Regulation and What is the Current Status of Rules for the International Transfer of Personal Data

June 30, 2016Recent Developments concerning Data in the EU, EMA of Commercially Confidential Information (Clinical Data) and New Rules for the International Transfer of Personal Data

May 3, 2016EU/U.S. Privacy Shield and International Data Transfers: Insights from the Regulator, IAPP KnowledgeNet

September 2, 2013Lecture on International Data Transfer (Vorlesung Internationaler Datentransfer), Summer Law School of the Ruhr-University Bochum and Jones Day

June 27, 2013Data Protection in the Social Web: Are Business Opportunities Hampered by Data Protection Laws? (Datenschutz im Social Web: Behindert das Datenschutzrecht Geschäftschancen?), PASS business talk: Social Web for Companies

2007-2008Various lectures regarding the use of IP rights as means of financing; inter alia, doing a roadshow in five major German cities together with cooperation partners PATEV and Brand Rating (leading valuation firms for patents and trademarks)

University of Michigan (LL.M. 2005; German Academic Exchange Service [DAAD] and The Rotary Foundation scholarships recipient); University of Potsdam (Doctorate degree 2002; Wolf-Rüdiger-Bub-Award [law faculty award of Potsdam University]; Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation scholarship recipient); Second State Examination (Niedersachsen, 2004); First State Examination (Berlin-Brandenburg, 1999); University of Potsdam and Humboldt University of Berlin (Law studies, 1994-1999; Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation scholarship recipient)

Federal Republic of Germany

Chambers Europe (2014-2019): "continues to rise in the rankings due to her excellent work" in data protection

JUVE (2012-2019): recommended for IT law

Handelsblatt (2015-2019): among the best IT lawyers in Germany

Acritas "Star Lawyer" (2019)

German and English

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